Where Can Wisdom Be Found? 1 RV Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine. BSB BSB: “Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.
2 RV Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. BSB BSB: Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
3 RV Man setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out to the furthest bound the stones of thick darkness and of the shadow of death.BSB BSB: Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.
4 RV He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; they are forgotten of the foot that passeth by ; they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro. BSB BSB: Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
5 RV As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire. BSB BSB: Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
6 RV The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold. BSB BSB: Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
7 RV That path no bird of prey knoweth, neither hath the falcon’s eye seen it: BSB BSB: No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
8 RV The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby. BSB BSB: Proud beasts have never trodden it; no lion has ever prowled over it.
9 RV He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. BSB BSB: The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
10 RV He cutteth out channels among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing. BSB BSB: He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
11 RV He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. BSB BSB: He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
12 RV But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? BSB BSB: But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?
13 RV Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. BSB BSB: No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
14 RV The deep saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. BSB BSB: The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’
15 RV It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. BSB BSB: It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.
16 RV It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. BSB BSB: It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
17 RV Gold and glass cannot equal it: neither shall the exchange thereof be jewels of fine gold. BSB BSB: Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
18 RV No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies. BSB BSB: Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.
19 RV The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. BSB BSB: Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
20 RV Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? BSB BSB: From where, then, does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell?
21 RV Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. BSB BSB: It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
22 RV Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumour thereof with our ears. BSB BSB: Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’
23 RV God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. BSB BSB: But God understands its way, and He knows its place.
24 RV For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; BSB BSB: For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
25 RV To make a weight for the wind; yea, he meteth out the waters by measure. BSB BSB: When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,
26 RV When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder: BSB BSB: when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,
27 RV Then did he see it, and declare it; he established it, yea, and searched it out. BSB BSB: then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
28 RV And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. BSB BSB: And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
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